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10 August 2010
Leon Cohen, Executive Vice President of The CSR Group, announced the award for the construction of a new branch bank for Valley National Bank. The new branch will be located on 86th Street in Brooklyn NY. The project is slated to commence in September 2010 and expected to be completed by Summer 2011. The bank is located in a thriving urban neighborhood near Hamilton Parkway.
The two story building will feature a prototypical design for the bank which includes a masonry, concrete and glass façade. “It’s great to have been selected by one of our long time clients to construct this project . We value our relationship with Valley National Bank.”
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20 May 2010
Nutley, NJ . . . . Leon Cohen, Executive Vice President of CSR Group, announced the award of this valued project by SILKLOFTS,LLC the project developer. The development will create 99 condominium units in what was once the site of a silk factory and later became known as the Maidenform property, named for the company who manufactured ladies’ foundation garments at the site. The 99 units will consist of 61 one bedroom units, 28 two bedroom units and 10 three bedroom units and three ground floor retail units. In addition to an on-site parking garage, space for 102 cars will be provided on open lands adjacent to the building.
The project’s market valuation is nearly 25 million dollars and will yield an increase in net tax revenue to the city of some $400,000. In addition construction jobs will be created as well as post-construction jobs. The project is well situated providing partial views of the new Bayonne Golf Course and the New York City Skyline
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07 May 2010
Leon Cohen, Executive Vice President of CSR Group, announced the award of this valued project by Netflix®, the innovative provider of DVD movie rentals.
The assignment entails the design and construction of office, warehouse and distribution center spaces to service the Trenton/Southern New Jersey and Philadelphia area. This is a tenant fit out within the Central Crossings Business Park, in Bordentown, Township, NJ.
The successful business campus was developed by KOR Properties. The design and construction of the buildings within the complex were designed and built by CSR Group.
Completion of the project is scheduled for the summer of 2010.
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07 May 2010
The home, currently under construction is a structure consisting of two connecting 3500 square foot residences situated on the Hudson River.
Local zoning limitations for residential square footage necessitated the unique design approach. The demands created by minimal land area and bedrock available for construction led to the design of large cantilevered floor areas in order to establish the first and subsequent levels above the foundation and maximize the views of the river and New York skyline.
The walls are proportioned to a fourteen inch thickness and floors of seven inch thick one way slabs are supported on deep heavily reinforced concrete girders. The lowest level was designed as a reinforced concrete matt more than three feet in thickness to resist the overturning effects terraces and floors.
A great many unique elements were employed in the concrete mix including additions of super plasticizer and pigmented color along with micro silica, rust inhibitor and accelerating admixtures to cope with the consequences of a brackish water environment. Accordingly, all reinforcing bars placed in ®the over six hundred cubic yards of concrete were epoxy coated.
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07 May 2010
Dennis Bator, AIA, PP, CSR Group's Senior Architect was the lead-in speaker at the September 2006 meeting of the NJ Council of the Credit Union's Executive Society.
The topic was entitled "The Rocky Road to Opening Day - Achieving the Owner's Building Goals".
Mr. Bator stressed open and frequent communication among the parties and adhering to schedules (financial and logistical). He stressed the role of the architects as a Client Advocate to attain the end result which is achieving the owner's goals.
CSR has a great deal of experience in the design, design and build and construction management of Credit Union and Banking Facilities. Among their financial clients are Affinity Federal Credit Union, Valley National Bank, Kearny Federal Savings and Proponent Federal Credit Union to name a few.
CSR Group consists of CSR Construction Corp., a general contracting and construction management firm and CSR Associates, an Architectural and Design Professional Firm.
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07 May 2010
CSR Construction Corp. was honored by the First Baptist Development Center. CSR has been involved in several building projects for this community oriented organization.
Mr. Frank Salas, President of CSR Group said, "It's a bonus when your company can provide services to an organization whose core values, relative to community involvement is similar to its own."
He went on to say, "receiving this Community Business Partner Award from this hard working organization is an honor, and on behalf of our company and its staff, I thank the First Baptist Development Center for their recognition."
CSR Group consists of CSR Construction Corp., a general contracting and construction management firm and CSR Associates, an Architectural and Design Professional Firm.
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07 November 2009
CSR Group has announced the formation of a joint venture company which will provide affordable turnkey alternative energy solutions to commercial and residential clients.
Francisco J. Salas AIA and Leon Cohen AIA, PP, principals of CSR Group, Michael Ashkenazi, PE, senior principal of Omni Tech Engineering and Michael Chilingerian Sales Engineer are the key executives of the new company. They will maintain offices in New Jersey, New York and Arizona.
Mr. Cohen stated, “this is something we have contemplated for some time. The two firms and our key staff members have worked together on hundreds of million dollars worth of design/build projects for the last 25 years. CSR handled the architectural design and development as well as the construction through its construction firm, CSR Construction Corp. while Omni-Tech provided engineering services.
Omni Tech is currently involved in several alternative energy design solutions as is CSR Group. Both firms, according to Mr. Salas , CSR President, have long been “green” companies and proponents of Solar Energy and Wind as cost effective renewable energy resources available.
Mr. Ashkenazi echoed his partners’ sentiments stating, “we are obliged to use our experience and background to provide services to those who are seeking tangible cost savings in their energy requirements while preserving our non-renewable resources. It’s good business for us and good business for our clients.”